Pranav Dhanawade, a 15-year-old cricketer from Mumbai, created a world record by scoring 1009 runs (not out) in HT Bhandari Cup, an under-16 inter-school tournament held in Mumbai
(Maharashtra). With this broke the previous highest record of
individual score 628 not out set by the 13-year-old AEJ Collins in a
house match at Clifton College in June 1899.
Facts to know :-
- Pranav Dhanawade made this world record during HT Bhandari Cup organised by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) mainly for suburban schools.
- He was representing KC Gandhi High School against Arya Gurukul and played for 395 minutes. He smashed 59 sixes and 127 fours in 395 minutes before his KC Gandhi School declared the innings at 1,465 against Arya Gurukul School
- His 1009 score also helped his school to score 1465/3 in the innings which broke the past record of 1107 runs of Victoria against New South Wales made in 1926.
Pranav Dhanawade's father is an auto-rickshaw driver, who had pushed him to play and was partly responsible for his success.
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